#BCAE70#BCAE70

#BCAE70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.083 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE70
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -3.93, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 33.86, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0101 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.083 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.8005, 42.1346, 21.4150)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE70 #707EBC

analogous

#BC8870 #BCAE70 #A4BC70

triadic

#BCAE70 #70BCAE #AE70BC

tetradic

#BCAE70 #70BC88 #707EBC #BC70A4

square

#BCAE70 #70BC88 #707EBC #BC70A4

split-complementary

#BCAE70 #70A4BC #8870BC

monochromatic

#796D39 #A3934C #BCAE70 #D0C69A #E3DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCAE70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE70

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE70	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.083 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69a',
    500: '#bcae70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae70;
$custom-light: #d1c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74834,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.42133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE70

secondary

#B5BAD3

accent

#70CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE70

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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